Archive for May, 2008
Saturday, May 24th, 2008
A couple of years ago I took a Wilderness Writing class. In this class the group of freshmen and sophomore and I all had to write and critique each other's writing. What seemed apparent in the class was that these kids, most between the 18 and 19, with the older ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
--This is a reprint from www.sw-c.com, originally published on March 3, 2005--
To begin, I have now read the book that J.M. Barrie based off of his famous play of the same name. You know the one. A forever boy, Peter, flies into the Darling children's window, looking for his lost ...
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
I am of the opinion that most people get into writing because they were inspired by something that could be considered great. For me, the impetus where I realized I wanted to write was when I could sit down and read, by myself, Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
http://theswivet.blogspot.com/2008/05/lessons-in-how-to-never-get-agent-part.htm
I discovered the previous link about a week ago... at least it's felt like a week since I saved the link.
For those who are interested it is a (slightly edited) letter to an agent that goes into a great deal of detail about why the prospective author is right about ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Okay, so, it's Friday and I am sitting in front of my computer having just gotten home from work where, at Borders ALL OVER the country they are honoring teachers by giving them an across the board (less for DVD's) 25% off on purchases made today, tomorrow, and Sunday. This ...
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